Description

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Cook, allegedly the first man to reach the North Pole, recounts his adventures at the top of the world, his meetings with eskimos and his hunting of musk ox, plus his subsequent debates with Robert Peary after he had returned to his homeland.

About the Author

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Frederick A. Cook was an accomplished doctor, celebrated Arctic and Antarctic explorer, author, and self-proclaimed conqueror of Mt. McKinley. Robert M. Bryce, the leading authority on the two explorers, is the author of Cook and Peary: The Polar Controversy, Resolved. He lives in Monrovia, Maryland, near Washington, D. C.